For my project I decided to make a latex mould of ramen noodles. originally I had wanted to cast this object in salt, but due to complications with casting material had to switch to white wax. Even though I couldn't get the salt to work, I think that the white wax has the appearance of a block of salt.
I had come up with the idea to cast this in salt whilst reading the nutrition facts on ramen noodles, and saw that there is a staggering 1660mg of sodium in one package. By casting my noodles in salt, or "faux-salt", I am commenting on the extreme sodium contained within these packages of noodles, that are eaten by a very large portion of people every day. This may also be related to other American food culture, where extremely unhealthy foods are made to be very cheap and widely available.
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